Allende (spider) explained

Allende is a genus of South American long-jawed orb-weavers that was first described by F. Álvarez-Padilla in 2007.^[1]

Species

it contains four species, found in Argentina and Chile:^[2]

• Allende longipes (Nicolet, 1849) – Chile, Argentina
• Allende nigrohumeralis (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899) – Chile (Juan Fernandez Is., mainland), Chile, Argentina
• Allende patagiatus (Simon, 1901) – Chile, Argentina
• Allende puyehuensis Álvarez-Padilla, 2007 (type) – Chile

In synonymy:

• A. aurora (Simon, 1901) = Allende longipes (Nicolet, 1849)
• A. chilensis (Tullgren, 1902) = Allende longipes (Nicolet, 1849)
• A. cordillera (Tullgren, 1902) = Allende longipes (Nicolet, 1849)
• A. echinatus (Tullgren, 1902) = Allende patagiatus (Simon, 1901)
• A. porteri (Simon, 1900) = Allende nigrohumeralis (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899)
• A. tortus (Tullgren, 1902) = Allende longipes (Nicolet, 1849)

See also

• List of Tetragnathidae species

Notes and References

1. Álvarez-Padilla. F.. 2007. Systematics of the spider genus Metabus O. P.-Cambridge, 1899 (Araneoidea: Tetragnathidae) with additions to the tetragnathid fauna of Chile and comments on the phylogeny of Tetragnathidae. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 285–335. 151. 2. 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00304.x. 84810921. free.
2. Gen. Allende Álvarez-Padilla, 2007. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-11-10. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.